What is this you might quite rightly ask?? Why do candles need ears??? Or do ears have candles??? Weird. No,actually, ear candling is a fascinating process whereby, a trained practitioner will place a special wax candle in your ear and light the other end. No, you will not go up in smoke and the fire department do not need to be alerted. This process creates a vacuum and through this it sucks out all sorts of interesting critters and gunk. Usually, your brain is left intact. There is much that has been written about ear candling both positive and negative, but like anything, it is up to you to do the research and see where you go from here. I like to try the more unusual processes, if you never try them. You don’t know what they have to offer and you can only go on heresay. So, I was curious ……what could ear candling do for me??? Should I try it??? Would I regret it???
Those that support ear candling say that it can improve a variety of conditions including:
Headaches, ear infections, ringing in the ears, hearing challenges, inner ear pressure, plugged ears, migraines, balance,chronic sinusitis and general ear aches and pains to name but a few things. Of the literature that is written against the modality of ear candling the main concern seems to be burns from the wax candle itself. However, they do produce dripless candles. All things considered I had to try it.
So, I lay down on my side, while my practitioner inserted a thin, cone shaped candle in my ear. She then lit one end and let it burn to almost the bottom. During the procedure I felt a low level warmth from the candle and heard all sorts of cracking and popping (maybe my brain was turning into popcorn???). I am one of those women who is very curious….so, I HAD to know and see what was in the candle after the treatment. So, with bated breath, I held the candle and began cutting through it with a pair of scissors. Now, for those of you who are slightly squeamish I will spare you the details of what I beheld. But. Let’s just say it wasn’t pretty and I am sure I could have done lots of gardening with it!!! But, all in all, I did notice a BIG improvement with my hearing – it probably lasted about 4 – 6 weeks and for that I was truly thankful, especially since hearing is not my strongpoint.
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